New EFTPS client payment login requirement - use Batch Provider Software instead?

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
November 9, 2023
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Greetings,

You may have discovered by now that the EFTPS login process has changed (as of October 19. 2023). It now requires multi-factor authentication using ID.me or login.gov. (previously discussed here If you use EFTPS to pay your clients' taxes you would have to have your client sign up for either of these (where applicable) and I know ID.me is not so simple to sign up with. So the fallback option is using the EFTPS old-fashioned automatic phone payment system - not very efficient. I was about to give up all hope when I found out there is a software that can be downloaded from the EFTPS website called Batch Provider Software - where you can allegedly pay for many many clients at once? Has anyone used this? Recommend or no? What is the process to sign up for it? Why isn't this software publicized? Please let us know if there is any hope! Thank you 🙂

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Jim-from-Ohio

Intuit Community Champion

That is not really correct.. I log into multiple client's EFTPS accounts to pay their payroll taxes and I can access them all from my single id.me account.

PATAX

Level 12

I agree with Jim. I signed up for id.me and it was easy to use, professional, and quick. I have no problem using my single id.me account and EFTPS to pay clients taxes.

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Taxtime3

Level 5

Mine is installed locally. You can check to see if it can be installed in a networked environment. I have never had in installed in a network environment.

https://www.eftps.com/eftps/ext/hds.html

2.2 RUNNING ON A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT 1. Install the software on the server first. 2. Install the software on the computers that network through the server. 3. If you need to use a proxy server to connect outside of a firewall, you must place the proxy server address in one of the batch provider software files on your hard drive. Contact your Network Administrator to obtain the specific proxy server address, port, and any realm, user name, or password information. (see Appendix D) Precaution The application must not be started more than once on a particular server. To control this, set the File Permissions on the BatchProvider.exe file to allow only one user (or a controlled set of users) to have execute permissions on the server installation. This will prevent unauthorized or accidental start-up of the application. A controlled set of users would need to coordinate start-up of the application so that it is only started once at any given time

Just found this.

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judys3

Level 6

I used the login.gov. Super easy but a pain.

J

joyjoy876

Level 2

I've been using the Batch provider since the EFTPS change and it works well. It's not as streamlined as you would think it'd be for this day and age but works ok. You need to have authorization forms filed in order to get registrations confirmed. I like that I can make multiple payments for multiple clients at a time.

I never knew I could use my ID.me logon to make my clients' payments.

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